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High school creative writing literature circles for Microsoft Word
The Hero's Journey Graphic Organizer Guide
2 sheets list the steps of the hero's journey in a graphic organizer and provide a blank template for students to fill in for example stories that follow the hero's journey. This can be used as a planning tool for developing their own hero's journey stories or to analyze how other stories fit the hero's journey.
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Grades:
6th - 12th
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Characterisation - Different types of Protagonist
This upload looks at the construction of the protagonist using profiles such as 'the 'hero's journey', the Aristotelean protagonist with a fatal flaw, the mediator and the protagonist, the anti- hero, the master/slave dichotomy, and it looks at power relations more generally in creating the protagonist and their situation. The upload pinpoints characteristics and qualities that make a protagonist identifiable. The upload includes questions that elicit responses on the type of protagonist, their
Grades:
10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Creative Writing Workshops - Transitions
This upload involves a series of lessons on transitions in narrative. It looks at flashbacks and how to prepare for and come out of a flashback. It also looks at movements forward in time and space as well as looking at changes in point of view. After brief instructions and examples a series of tasks are outlined which should consolidate the students understanding of techniques to create transitions in a narrative.
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Work on Structure at the Macro and Micro Levels
65 Book Report Ideas
Included is a list of 65 different book report ideas I have compiled from several different sources. The choices include ideas which should draw the interest of different types of learners. I require my students to turn in one book report per month by the last day of the month. They must choose one of these ideas and can not repeat an idea over the course of the year. I also posted this list to my website for parents to access.
Grades:
6th - 9th
Time and the Structure of Fiction
Under the heading 'Time and Structure,' I look at key areas of storytelling such as, repetition, pace, waiting, time pressure and processes of association. Each topic is explained with examples given of fiction that relies on specific techniques. There is also analysis of techniques that can be used to create this type of structure, or there are ideas on why these structural techniques are incorporated. Each section includes a story topic that should consolidate the techniques, or concepts dis
Grades:
11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Not Grade Specific
Also included in: Work on Structure at the Macro and Micro Levels
Secrets and Structure of Stories
These lessons take students through a series of exercises to help them understand the importance of secrets, dramatic irony, and the use of symbolism rather than explanation. Lessons break down the types of secrets and who is privy to them that propel or structure a plot. Lessons involve guided group discussion and writing activities.
Grades:
10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Not Grade Specific
Also included in: Work on Structure at the Macro and Micro Levels
Using Genre to develop a Story Structure.
This lesson allows students to think about generic conventions and how they might use them in developing individual stories. It shows how working within a genre can give them the scaffolding to explore individual ideas. It uses reading, discussion, guided story topics and reflection.
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Not Grade Specific
Also included in: Work on Structure at the Macro and Micro Levels
25 PLUS Writing Prompts for Any Novel
25+ Writing Prompts for Any Novel!
The writing prompt choices contained in this document not only allow students to use their high-order thinking skills to analyze the literature they read, the choices also help students have FUN while learning!
The writing prompts can be used for various purposes: journal entries, writing exercises (such as “set” beginners, free-writing activities, bell-ringer entires, etc.), reviews for previous reading assignments (including instructions for illustration
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education
Podcast
This is an end of unit assignment that can be used as an assement tool as well. It allows students to work in collaborative groups and to recall information about a novel as well as from podcasts previously listened to within class.
Grades:
9th - 12th
TPT: Fantasy Unit(Learning Targets, lecture notes, quiz, and 2 writing projects)
Unit includes:Writer's workshop project: Personal dragons as metaphor Writer's workshop project: Narrative fantasy planning sheetFantasy and Characterization notesQuiz for "The Smallest Dragon boy"Unit learning targets printable for studentsAll documents are Goggle Classroom/print ready. This is a complete Fantasy Genre Unit for Language arts. I used this with the Holt Elements of Literature 7th Grade text, but this could be adapted for other texts, ages, or stories. I supplement things that are
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Grades:
6th - 10th
Never Bored with Our Own Board Games--End of Year Project / Literature Circles
For an end of the year project in my English 10 course and my AP Literature courses, students select a novel for Literature Circles and create a board game based on that novel. This packet includes a grading sheet.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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On The Come Up -- Journal Prompts (full novel)
This download includes 29 original, text-based journal prompts for Angie Thomas' novel, On The Come Up. Each prompt includes a quote from the assigned reading (I currently have it broken down into 21 days of assigned reading, but you can modify that if you wish) and asks students relevant questions regarding their own life experiences.
Grades:
7th - 12th
Lewis Carroll -- Jabberwocky -- Nonsense words, Sound Devices, Biography
Jabberwocky is a poem that many children love due to the sing song cadence of it. However, when it comes down to understanding what is being said, they are at a loss. This unit introduces Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky in three contexts. First as a standalone poem in it's entirety. Next, in the context of Stanza of Anglo Saxon Poetry in which Carroll defines the nonsense words. And lastly as Humpty Dumpty defines it in Through the Looking Glass. The goal here is to show introduce students to an aut
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Grades:
8th - 9th
Narratives: 5 senses remediation activity
One of the standards for writing narratives is using descriptive vocabulary and using the 5 senses to create imagery. This handout organizes 5 centers that I did in my classroom to cover the sensory standard for narratives. My students absolutely loved it! You can select you objects for each center based on what the students are going to write about for their narratives. For example, my students wrote narratives that were set during the fall time, so the stations have fall candle waxes for smell
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Grades:
4th - 9th
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) study guides and exam
Here is a fully editable and in-depth 75-question multiple choice test with creative writing prompt, and three study guides on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous detective whodunit. The questions focus on plot details, characters, themes, literary devices, and detective story genre techniques. The study guides also make connection to Edgar Allan Poe's detective Dupin and theatrical versions of the novel. A strong culminating exam after careful study of Conan's literary gem.
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Short Story for Close Reading, Syntax, Grammar
This story allows for close reading, as well as, analyzing the purpose, grammar, vocabulary, sentence structure, etc.
Parallel sentence structure, dashes, hyphens, vocabulary, and italics are the grammar skills that are practiced through the reading of this story.
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6th - 10th
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150 Amazing & Weird But True Facts - Daily Facts for Classrooms or Lunchboxes!
Let's face it... kids LOVE to learn about interesting facts and tidbits. Why not post these daily for them to read! You can write a new one of the board each day, place them around the classroom, or cut facts apart to place them in a daily lunchbox. Students would also enjoy having them in a literacy station!
Grades:
PreK - 12th
A flash fiction creative writing workshop and resource pack
This resource gives an overview of the flash fiction genre with practical suggestions on how to develop students' creative flash fiction writing in a workshop setting. Included in the resource are a number of original photographs as idea generators and an original, published piece by the author with some directed questions.
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
"9" Fictional Story
This Lesson is about the story "9" a fictional, computer generated story. This story is a wonderful story for students of all ages; it contains a beautiful moral story and helps boost the passion for life in ANY age. I highly suggest using the movie with this plan. I have also added my lesson plan with the standards. It has a full story summary, questions, essay questions, plot structure questions, and multiple choice. Answer Key included!
Grades:
5th - 12th
"9" Fictional Story
This Lesson is about the story "9" a fictional, computer generated story. This story is a wonderful story for students of all ages; it contains a beautiful moral story and helps boost the passion for life in ANY age. I highly suggest using the movie with this plan. I have also added my lesson plan with the standards. It has a full story summary, questions, essay questions, plot structure questions, and multiple choice. Answer Key included!
Grades:
5th - 12th
Green Tea and Lemonade Short Story
This story is about two 7th graders who are having difficulties dealing with their school, home and social environment. There is abuse, and drug references. The story should not be given to middle school students. There are questions and a writing prompt on the last page. Please read carefully before you assign this story.
Grades:
9th - 11th
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The Lady or the Tiger Writing Prompt and Rubric
This resource was created to be used with the short story, “The Lady or the Tiger” by Frank Stockton. The Writing Prompt and Rubric provide the students with a creative way to end the story. The student Writing Prompt is ready to duplicate for classroom use and teacher key for the test is included. Other resources are also available for “The Lady or the Tiger” on my site including a Multiple Choice test (three choices) and a Modified Multiple Choice Test (two choices), a Reading Guide for enhan
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Grades:
9th - 12th
Poetry Unit: 15 Approaches to Enhance Instruction and Appreciation
Poetry units can be a challenge for the English teacher. The instructional approaches are as varied as the variety of poetry itself. Striking the right balance between experiencing engaging poetry, prompting creative poem writing, and teaching the academic side of prosody and style is ever a daunting task. And every textbook and teacher have their emphases, pet peeves, and favorite poems.I have been teaching poetry units for 34 years and so I humbly offer my poetic choices, my instructional appr
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education
Science or Fantasy Fiction Literary Circles & Creative Writing Assignment
OVERVIEW & PURPOSETogether, students will select a science fiction or fantasy literary circle book (in groups of three or four students). During the course of the unit, students will be expected to keep up with the reading and prepare for each discussion by writing TWO Socratic seminar questions and responses for the assigned reading as well as doing TWO reader response journals. In order to help students engage in critical and creative thinking, they will also write an original science fi
Grades:
9th - 12th
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